Attention will always be scarce, and attention is a very significant and valuable resource. That seems to indicate a ‘post-scarcity’ society is fundamentally impossible.
Attention. Bitcoin. Military superiority. Being the prettiest person in the room. Anything where value is defined as winning a competition against other people.
I would imagine that in a early agrigoal society boredom would be a real problem and nobody would mind giving their 2 cents to anybody that would come around. In that setting attention might not be scarce.
Self-driving cars will make transportation less of brainer. Some future technology or accumulation of technologies could impact how much brain engagement is needed for standard conditions. It is not clear to me that available attention must always go down.
Attention will always be scarce, and attention is a very significant and valuable resource. That seems to indicate a ‘post-scarcity’ society is fundamentally impossible.
Attention. Bitcoin. Military superiority. Being the prettiest person in the room. Anything where value is defined as winning a competition against other people.
I would imagine that in a early agrigoal society boredom would be a real problem and nobody would mind giving their 2 cents to anybody that would come around. In that setting attention might not be scarce.
Self-driving cars will make transportation less of brainer. Some future technology or accumulation of technologies could impact how much brain engagement is needed for standard conditions. It is not clear to me that available attention must always go down.